News List | HEC Paris

June 2025

Executive Education

Why Most CEOs Fail at Strategy — Before They Even Start

C-suites confuse performance with vision. Professor Elda Simonaska explains why reclaiming real strategy is the only path to future leadership.

Jun 04, 2025

Sarah Shorhagen - HEC Paris MBA student and co-organizer of the event “Fostering DEI and Allyship at work” - introduces corporate executives from Eli Lilly Germany

The School

European Student-Corporate Alliance Challenges U.S. Attacks on DEI

American corporate and student leaders are reeling from a politically motivated attacks on DEI. A recent HEC workshop challenged DEI take-downs and offered solutions.

Jun 03, 2025

Ranking Executive Education 2026 open programs

The School

FT Ranks HEC as a Consistent Global Force Across Exed Custom and Open Programs

Over the past three years, the school has held top positions in both executive categories, confirming the depth and consistency of its impact.

Jun 02, 2025

May 2025

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Inside the MBA Student Experience at Creative Destruction Lab

What’s it really like to learn alongside the world’s most promising startups?

From the classroom to the forefront of innovation, programs like the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) offer students a unique opportunity to work directly with high-potential, science-based startups. At CDL-Paris ...

May 28, 2025

Executive MBA

Alessandro Tripoli on Elevating a Global Career with an EMBA

"Strategic frameworks, leadership models, financial insights— I could apply them in real time. It was like upgrading the operating system while keeping the machine running."

May 28, 2025

MBA

Courage – Competence – Character : Cultivating Leadership Skills “On the Field”

The Outdoor Leadership Seminar is an annual event that presents HEC MBA participants with some unanticipated challenges. Over two days, rain or shine, participants take turns leading groups of their peers through a series of activities that range from building a bridge to getting a float across a ...

May 27, 2025

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

IndiaAI, HEC Paris and Station F Join Forces to Accelerate Indian AI Startups in Europe

India is taking its AI ambitions global… and fast! Through a groundbreaking collaboration with Station F and HEC Paris, the IndiaAI Startups Global Program gives 10 selected Indian startups a unique opportunity to expand into Europe’s thriving innovation ecosystem. This fully funded program, driven ...

May 26, 2025

Live

ESCP, ESSEC and HEC Paris Join Forces to Tackle Sustainability in the age of Minsinformation

How do we meaningfully sustain our collective efforts toward a fair socio-ecological transition in a world shaped by fake news, division, and public mistrust? This was the driving question behind a unique inter-school event that brought together HEC Paris, ESCP Business School and ESSEC Business ...

May 23, 2025

The School

Imagine Fellows and Startup Launchpad team up to provide support for people living in exile in France

The HEC Imagine Fellows program has reached a new landmark by taking on a new mission: to provide people living in exile in France with the keys to boosting their own startups. Sumaia Sediqi, who moved to Strasbourg from Kabul in 2023, and Kateryna Holovatska, residing in Bordeaux after leaving Kyiv ...

May 23, 2025

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Milestone Moment for Research on Purpose and Inclusion

The 10th HEC Research Day blended academic rigor with joyful connection, reaffirming its role as a unique space for critical reflection and interdisciplinary community.

May 23, 2025